Accession Number | ART91644 |
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Collection type | Art |
Measurement | Overall: 54.6 x 71.2 cm |
Object type | Work on paper |
Physical description | Watercolour and pencil on watercolour paper |
Maker |
Wood, C Dudley |
Place made | Australia: Northern Territory |
Date made | c 1943 |
Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Unlicensed copyright |
[Troops and trucks, Northern Territory]
Description
The image in the foreground is of three men armed with rifles, standing in trenches. They wear tin hemets and shorts, and their semi-bare torsos are crossed with straps and pouches. Their identity tags are on view. The middleground features armed men in similar dress, steeping from a truck. In the background, the solitary figure of a member of the militia rides a motorbike, with the three small figures in slouch hats and a truck standing to the rear. A third truck is located on the viewer's right. The area is forested with palm trees. Large white clouds fill the sky.